Siena participates in the American Chemical Society's Read & Publishing initiative under a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) agreement.
Publishing Open Access through the Read & Publish agreement is compliant with all federal funding agencies who require a version of the article to be placed in an OA repository upon publication, often known as zero-embargo green open access.
A copy of the final published version will be deposited into PubMed Central. Authors are also able to deposit the version of record article in their institution's repository and/or the funder's repository.
Corresponding authors (CAs) have the opportunity to publish fee-free Open Access articles in American Chemical Society journals during the length of the current license agreement; through 2024.
ALL ACS journals are eligible for submissions under this agreement.
Articles are published under a CC BY license.
From ACS's website (red text is additional Siena information)
Submit your article to the ACS journal of your choice, making sure you are the submitting corresponding author.
Step 2
Ensure your institution affiliation is correct on your profile in the ACS Paragon Plus submission system.
Step 3
When your manuscript has been accepted for publication (Congratulations from Standish Library!), you will be automatically prompted with the option to publish open access under the ACS Sponsored Read & Publish agreement. (see video on right that illustrates the process)
Step 4
Confirm that “Yes, I wish to publish open access as per the agreement” and complete the Journal Publishing Agreement.
Step 5
Your article will be made immediately available as open access upon publication under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. There are no charges to pay and no further action required by either you or your institution (again, congratulations!).
